Barrel-forming machine



Feb. 17, 1931. R. J. BELL 1,793,351

BARREL FORMING MACHINE Filed March 15. 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet l RC7? 5621b A'! TORNEY Feb. 17, 1931. R BELL 1,793,351

' BARREL FORMING MACHINE Filed Marbh 13, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 Feb. 17, 1931. R J. BELL 1,793,351

BARREL FORMING momma:

Filed March 1:, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR ATTO R NEY Feb. 17,1931. R. J. BELL BARREL FORMING MACHINE Filed March 13, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Feb.17, 1931. I r R J. BELL I 1,793,351

I BARREL FORMING MACHINE Filed March 15 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 5. Eel-L INVENTOR AITORNEY Feb. 17, 1931. R. J. BELL 1,193,351

BARREL FORMING MACHINE Filed March 13, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 INVENTOR ATTOR HEY Feb. 17, 19.31. R. J. BELL BARREL FORMING MACHINE Filed March 13, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Fig. 1

, BY W ATTORNEY 1 10 the sheet into a cylinder orsemi-c'ylinder, uprightframe for supporting the Various Patented Feb.17 1 931 l i I I t f 7*? 9 use. era r s ROBERT J. BELL, or JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 'AssIenon To n. J. BELL COMPANY v rne, or JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, A oonronerronfor ston g niinnnnrfonmrive ACHINE Application filed March 51929.; Serial No. 346,628.

formingmachine mainly designed forpr0 ing means. I I v ducing metal barrels, kegs, boxes and other 7 igure 1s a plan v1ew of the'feeding' containers of any size or shape, the general means. K a 5' object of the invention be ng to provide sev- Figurell 1s a detail View of the meansfor v eral rollers'shaped to'form beads in a sheet raising and lowering the suction cups, p r of metal passing through the same, with Figure 12 is a View of an article made'by bending means operating on the sheet after the apparatus. i l V V n v m 1 it, passes through the beading'rollers to bend In these views, the letter A lndi'cates an with means for adjusting thebending means parts of the machine, said frame having a so as to produce cylinders of different diam-' stand lat its front adjacent the bottom thereeters and widths. offer supporting a motor and a-t'eeding Another object. of theinvention isto protable 2 is connected with the front of the 1 5 vide means Whereby any desired number of machine above the stand 1,-this' table having a; beads may be formed in the sheet. V I Ipair ofguidesfii thereon which are adjustable A further object of the invention is to toward and away from each other through provide means for punching or stamping the means '01"- the bolts 4'13assing through the n e .sheet as it passes through the machine. 1 transverse slots 5 in the tableg-fThus the 'Another object of the inyentionis toprQ- guides (can be adJuSted to suit any width' of Vide automaticmeans for feeding the sheets v sheet being passed into'the'machine; .i into the machine. v 7 I i i li-pluralityfof uprights 6 is conneoted'with This invention also oonsistsin' certain other the top of the frame A'at each "side, thereof, features of construction and in the combithe upper ends or" the uprights being connectnation and arrangement of t eseveral par s, edtogether by the cross-piece? whichis bolt- 7" hereinafter fllliy dQSCTlbGd, illustrat d. edto and these upri'ght g are the accompanying drawings and s eeifi spaced apart, with the frontpairsof uprights cally pointed out the appended filaimsforming v-erticalguides for the upper -and' T In describing theiIIYeHC-i I in detail, Q lower bearingblocks "85 in which thetfuh- "5 erence ill b had to the accompanying draw manger the feeding rollers 9-ar'e jo'urnaled; so a passing through-the same. i

ings wherein like characters denote like or A Sp ing 10 i lacedfbetween esca ee of d corresponding parts throughout the several'rb i g w k d t ds; t .f pe i Views, and in i ,blockaway from the lower blocliand the up- Fig re l i EH1 elevation f One side of the 'per blocks are adjustedthroughmeans of the niachine. j V j 7 n boltsl'l which ass throughthe cross-bar7. 8 5 Figure 2 is an elevation of the opposite side Thus the upperroll'er 9 canbe adjusted in rethereof. 3 v v lation to't he lower roller. j ,7 V V Figure3 isatop plan View. beading, rollers 12jand l2 hai fe 11611 Figure tis a Viewof the rear end. 7 runnlons engaging the; ring .b1 Ck i1 Figure'Sr is a Section on line 5"5 of Fig whiqh are rr d inTguideS-iormed 15118590 2. i 7 V r yert calbars lgtwhicharebolted to I Figure 6 is a View partlyin section of the, i ii (moss Q I S; v bending rollers, with. one roller swung up-f anged etwgglt theu'ppgf P 7 .l V warm 7 I 7 1 I &1 blocks of the heading rollers and tend to r j y 1 d g force thenppcr blocksaway from the lower 9a L] lgurej F a 366151011? m v i 1 8 blocks and the'upper, blocks are adjustedby ti ebendmgrollers, w th a sheet of material meansof the bclts 16 The m v v t has annular'groo es-fl therein and tl e} l ow Figure 8 1S El'VlGW of'a palr of rollers proer roller 12 has annulanribs' l8 thereon This invention relates to a beading and Figure 9 is an elevation; showing thelf eede Q 4 dedf with punching or stamping means v for engaging the groo'vesto form headset 1: r

wallsof the notches 63 so that the shaft 59 will be rocked and thus the cups placed in contact with the top plate of the stack of plates. Further movement of the lever and arm 67 will then cause the blocks 60 to slide on the bars 61 toward the rollers and thus move the top sheet horizontally between the upper-and lower guiding where the plate will be and lower feed rollers. plates 79 or both plates plates '59 to a point gripped by the upper One of the guiding are adjustably sup ported so that thespace between the two can 1 be varied. Such adjustment is secured by center line of the feed rollers.

passing thebolts which connect the plate with the frame through slots in the, plate. As the plate is being fed forwardly to the rollers, its front edge will strike a number of pins ,80 carried by one of the feed rollers and adapted to engage openings in the other feed roller so that said pins act as stops for the plate. The eccentric is so arranged and constructed as to secure a'forward-inove- .ment of the top plate which is greater than the rotary movement of the feed rollers and the eccentric imparts the forward 1110 81011 to the cup carrying means after the sheet previously; fed. to the rollers has passed clear of,"

the sheetson the platform and nearly to the inches in excess of the length of the sheet be 7 ing machined, there is a time period elapsing --the new sheet can be moved faster than periphery speed of the roller. 1 motion of the feed is so timed that the sheet during each revolution of the feed rollers as determined by the difierence in the length of the sheet and the circumference of the rollers. By taking advantage of this interim of time,"

it is evident that the forward feed of a sheet to the rollers can be accelerated new and the This forward is fed forward so that it comes. in contact and thus-tendto hold the sheet against stop pins 80'un'til the with stop pins just before they are centralwith center line-(Z b. At this time, feed I is advancing slightly faster than stop pinsSO pins have p'assed'center line ab, at which time return stroke of. feed starts. '1 7 A vertically movable. platformSl is arranged in the tablean'd carries the sheets, this platform being'suitably guidedfor vertical N movement and it has a depending stem 82 at -.its center, the lower end of cam 84 carried by a shaft 85 journaled in the, table, anarm 86 being connected with one end "of the-shaft and this arm link 87iwith the-lower end of the bell crank which rests on a so that the arm and the shaft 85 are given 3 a rocking movementby the movement of the bell crank} This movement of the a'rmand shaft can be adjusted through means'of the nuts 88 on the threaded lower end of the-link and said arm carries a pair of dogs 89 for grippinga drum 90 on the shaft on the up riding over the drum on the Inasmuch as the rollers have a circumference several beading is connected by a Ward movement of the arm,-the' simply downward move,

ment. Thus the shaft 85 isgiven a step by 5 step rotary movement, and this action causes the cam 84 toraise'the platform step by step,

The feed rollers 9* carry thecdies 92 for punching the sheets or for printing Various data thereon.

' It is thought from the foregoing descrip-j tion that the advantages and novel features" of the invention'will-be readily apparent. It is to be understood that changes may bemade 1n the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providv ed-that such changes fall within the scope of the appended 'claims,- V I What I claim '1s f 1 An apparatus of the classdescribed comprising feed rollers ournaled-thereln means for ad from the lower roller, sheet between the rollers, upper and lower beading roller toward and'away from't'he lower beadlng'roller', upper and lower small rollers receiving thesheet from thebeading rollers, means for adjusting the upper small roller toward and away from the lowersmall roller, a bending roller-assoc1atedwith the small rollers for bending the sheet asit leaves the small rollers, and means for adjusting the bending roller 2. TA n;fapparatuspf-thej class described comprising with respect to the small rollforgu'iding a sheet between the rollers, upper and lower beading rollers-receiving the sheet from vthe feeding rollers, upper and lower small rrollers receiving the sheet beading rollers,

means for adjusting the bending roller with respect to the small -rollers, "a' pair of links connecting eachen'dof the upper small roller with each endof the bending roll V fingtogether *theli'nlrs' of each'pair, agear carriedby one r l l i 125 er, '1'neans for p'ivotally of the pivotal means, gears'Jconnectedi're spectively with'the upper small roller and the bending roller and meshing .withthe before mentioned gear, agea r on the lower smallrol-ler meshing with the gear-on the-up 3 persmall rolle'r,'1ntermeshmg gears connecta supportingframe, upper and lower rollers receiving the sheet from the feeding rollers, means for'ad ustmg the upper a supporting frame, upper and lower feed rollersjournaled therein, means from the, as bending-roller associated with thesmall rollers'for bendingthe sheet as it leaves 1 the small rollers,

'jus'tinggthe upper-roller toward and'away means for guiding a "95 of the machine,-fa vertically movable plating the feeding rollers together, intermeshing form associated with the table for supportgears connecting the heading rollers togetherand power-driven gears, one of which is connected with the lower gears'of the feeding and heading rollers, an idle gear meshing with the other of said power-driven gears, and a gear on one of the small rollers meshing with the idle gear. 5

3. An'apparatns of t prising a supporting ,1

'feed rollers jonrnaled therein,

guiding a sheet between the rollers, upper and lower beading rollers receiving the sheet from the feedingrollersmppei" and lowersmall ,1 v. 5 v L. 3 loll TQCCIPY'IDO' the sheet from the heading r :1 V

means actuatedfroin one of the feed rollers for iving th e. A. s, f a i ms irioinionc means or ieecung the top sheet between the feed rollers, the latter means comprismg'a reel; shaft, horizontally mova-ble blocks supported by the table and in which the'shaft is ournaled, arms on the limiting the rocking movement of the shaft, l rocking the shaft and then ending the blocks the means operated from s, a bending roller associated with the the feed roller. 7 small rollers for bending the sheet it leaves 7. in combination with a rolling mill, a the small rollers, means for. adjus vertically morable platform for supporting bending roller with respect to the the sheets to be rolled, a table in which the tars, and a pair of u "ble steadying 1o platform is arranged, horizontally arranged each of vhe, le ro carried by the table, a pair of. l. An apparatus of the c ably mounted on said rods, a shaft pising a supporting fran e upper a n-ds journaled in the blocks, arms feed roll rsjournaled tho shai' vacuumj cups onthe arms for ing a sheet between tne roll the top sheet of the pile on the lower beading rollers f i I norm, bellcranlr pivotedto the table from the feeding roller upper andrlower'f having a slotted upper end, a" Cr nk 0 smallrollers receiving e sheet from the shaft ha'ri part passing through the beading rollers, a bending rollers associated slot, means for limiting rocking movement with the smallrollers for bending'the sheet it leaves the small rollers, each beading roller comprising a plurality :of sections, the sections on the upper roller forming annular grooves and the sections on the other'roller e forming annular heads, a mandrel carrying hosts, and means connected with the belleaoh set of sections, and means whereby the: rank for moving the platform upwardly sections can be removed from each mandrel step-byep. v 1 and other sections of different sizes substitut- In testimony whereof I ailii; my signature. ed therefor. Y l 1 RUBERT J. BELL.

5. An apparatus of the class described comprising a' supporting frame, feed rollers journaled therein, upper and lower beading rollers receiving the sheet from the feeding roll ers, upper and lower small rollers receiving the sheet from the beating rollersga bend ing roller associated with the small rollers for bending the sheet as it leaves the small 7 rollers, a feeding table'at the front of the r machine, a vertically movable platform as- V sociated withthe table for supporting the sheets to be'operated by the rollers, means actuatedfrom one of thefeed rollers for giving the platform a step-by-Step upward V movement, and means associated with the last-mentioned means for feeding the top sheet between the feed rollers.

6. An apparatus, of the=- class described comprising a supporting frame, feed rollers journaled therein, upper and lower beading rollers receiving the sheet rs of the machine, means for connecting eccentric, with the bell-crank, adjustable ding platosfor guiding the sheet betweeno rollers, stop. pins onthe rollers for the p p from the feeding rollers, upper andlower small rollers receiving the sheet from the beading rollers, a bending roller associated with the small rollers forbending the-sheet as it leaves the small rollers,a feeding table at the front ing the sheets to be operatedby the rollers,

7 e platform astep-bystep Lip-Q war r ovement, means associated with the shafhvacuum cups on the arms, means for of, the shaft, an eccentric on one of thefeed 

